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Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

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harshkn / .txt
Created August 6, 2020 10:04
Marali Manasagidhe Ukulele Fingerstyle notes
Marali Manasagidhe
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harshkn / .txt
Created August 6, 2020 09:52
Naguva Nayana Ukulele Finger picking notes
Naguva Nayana Ukulele
Not complete, will update it when i figure out the rest of it.
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harshkn / BananaBreadRecipe.txt
Created September 24, 2017 16:26
Banana Bread Recipe
Banana Bread
- Recipe - One Loaf
Oven at 180 degree Celsius
- three ripe bananas
- 1 1/2 cups of flour
- 1/2 cups sugar
- 74grams or 2/6 cup melted butter(unsalted)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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harshkn / circle_center.py
Created April 5, 2017 07:01
Find circle centre
import cv2 as cv2
import numpy as np
fn = '200px-Traffic_lights_dark_red-yellow.svg.png'
# OpenCV reads image with BGR format
img = cv2.imread(fn)
# Convert to HSV format
img_hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
# lower mask (0-10)
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harshkn / Roja Janeman
Created September 10, 2016 17:07
Flute Notes - Roja Janeman - Karnatic
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harshkn / Flute - Ranadeera Hoovu Mullu - Notes
Last active September 10, 2016 15:29
Flute - Ranadeera Hoovu Mullu - Notes
Easy -
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GG R
M’ PD
D S n DPM GR S
Difficult -
Happy Birthday
'P 'P 'D 'P S 'N - 'P 'P 'D 'P R S - 'P'P P G S 'N 'D - mm G S R S
Happy Birthday (Alternative)
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Happy birth day to you
s s r~ s~ p~ m~~~~